Dardanelles
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The Dardanelles
| Coords: 40°0.9′N, 26°11.8′E Chartlet: Chartlet Gallery: Photos |
Background
The Dardanelles (Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, Greek: Δαρδανέλλια, Dardanellia), laterly known as the Hellespont (Greek: Ελλήσποντος, Hellespontos), is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It is located at approximately GPS: 40°13′N, 26°26′E. The strait is 33 nM (61 km or 38 mi) long but only 0.65 to 3.2 nM (1.2 to 6 km or 0.75 to 4 mi) wide, averaging 55 meters (180 ft) deep with a maximum depth of 82 meters (300 ft). Water flows in both directions along the strait, from the Sea of Marmara to the Aegean via a surface current and in the opposite direction via an undercurrent.
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Like the Bosphorus, it separates Europe (in this case the Gallipoli peninsula) and the mainland of Asia. The strait is an International waterway, and together with the Bosphorus, Dardanelles connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
The Turkish name Çanakkale Boğazı is derived from the major city adjoining the strait, Çanakkale (which takes its name from its famous castles; kale means "castle"). The name Dardanelles derives from Dardania, an ancient land (founded by Dardanus) on the Asian shore of the strait.
According to the Montreux Convention of 1936, still in force today, the straits are an international shipping lane but Turkey retains the right to restrict the naval traffic of non-Black Sea nations (like Greece or Algeria). During World War II, when Turkey was neutral for almost the entire length of the conflict, the Dardanelles were closed to the ships of the belligerent nations.
Climate & Weather
See Turkey
Charts
- BA
- 1004 Çhannakale boğazi
- 1086 Srimonikos kólpos to Edremit körfezi
- NIMA
- 55040 Sea of Marmara
- 55041 Canakkale Bogazi
- Turkey
- 29 Marmara Sea
- 295 Hoşköy - Gelibolu
- 2111 Saros Körfezi
- 2134 Anafartalar Koyu - Tavşan Island
- 2131 Gelibolu Yarımadası - Gökçeada
- Greek
- 109 Ionio-Aegeo Steno Messinis mechri Thalassa Marmara
Local Radio Nets
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Arrival/Departure procedures
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The Dardanelles is a very busy channel with a lot of ship traffic. There is a separation zone with eastbound ships staying on the south shore and westbound ships staying on the north shore.
There is also a surface current flowing from the Sea of Marmara to the Aegean. This current is about 1 knot at the Marmara entrance of the channel. It increases to about 2 knots east of Çanakkale and to 3 knots near the Aegean exit.
Yachts are advised to stay close to the shore where the current is weaker and away (starboard) from the shipping lanes.
Bordering Countries (with Port details)
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References & Publications
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Links to CruiserLog Forum discussions
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External Links
- Dardanelles (Wikipedia)
Personal Notes
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Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)
Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:
- August 1999 --Istioploos 13:24, 6 July 2008 (MDT)
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